Crandall University’s Murray Lectureship series features Christian scholars who come to campus to share with our students, staff, faculty, and the broader community.

All are invited to join us for this year’s Murray Lecture on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00pm in Murray Hall’s Brinton Auditorium.

2024 Murray Lecturer: Rev. Dr. Michael Bird

Michael Bird is Deputy Principal and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Anglican Priest, husband, father, and author of over thirty books in biblical studies, systematic theology, and church history. Some of these books include a commentary on Romans, Evangelical Theology (2nd Edition), Introducing Paul: the man, his mission, and his message, The Gospel of the Lord: how the early church wrote the story of Jesus, and Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible. He is also the co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers, and along with N. T. Wright, is the co-author of a recently published The New Testament in Its World, already a leading textbook used in seminaries and universities around the globe.

Lecture: “The Christian Case for Secularism and Liberalism.”

The Crandall community will also have other opportunities to hear from Dr. Bird during his visit, including chapel and other events on campus.